Perodic Table Information

For each compound, and where possible, a formal oxidation number for each element is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited, especially so for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.

Element	%	Formal oxidation state	Formal electronic configuration
S	21.75	-2	[Ne].3s².3p⁶
Yb	78.25	3	[Xe].4f¹³

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of ytterbium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of ytterbium (III) sulphide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Yb₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Yb₂S₃

mass %434 0.1 
435 0.2 
436 0.8 
437 4.8 __
438 18.2 _________
439 38.7 ___________________
440 62.5 _______________________________
441 90.5 _____________________________________________
442 100.0 __________________________________________________
443 85.8 ___________________________________________
444 95.7 ________________________________________________
445 33.6 _________________
446 54.1 ___________________________
447 4.5 __
448 14.6 _______
449 0.4 
450 1.4 _
451 0.0 
452 0.1

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References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.